I think it might be a good one! Though, this an entirely impossible time of day to get a picture with accurate color, natural light or no.

It’s still not perfect. I want to have strands of mulberry silk top in there, but we’re off to a good start. I’ve spun it, I’ll wash it, I have one more to spin, and then I’ll knit them into fingerless mitts for Liv to see how it looks worked up.

I’m thinking that despite what the sample on the dyecard looks like, I’m not going to be able to use mahogany silk in Nate’s sweater. It’s entirely too pinkish as opposed to the dark, burgundy red it’s supposed to be. However, it’s beautiful.

Aside from carding and spinning a quick batt, I didn’t get much done with fiber yesterday. Didn’t knit a stitch on Clark’s sweater. I got sucked into a book. On Saturday, I read Howl’s Moving Castle and yesterday, I read Castle in the Air. They’re both children’s literature by Diana Wynne Jones. She’s very softly funny. Intelligently funny. They’re enjoyable to read.

Nate is a huge reader, and much of the female side of his family (mom, sisters, sisters-in-law) are also. I’m not much of a reader, but I think I could become one. (This is both exciting and distressing to me. There’s only so much time… and reading, while tremendous fun, doesn’t feel productive).

Anyway, when I said I wanted to read Howl’s Moving Castle after seeing the movie and wanting more information on the characters, Nate took me out and we bought it. I read it in a day, and showed interest in the follow up and it’s sequel. Yesterday, he came home with four books, one for him by Neil Gaiman, and three for me. He’s also brought up a book from his extensive library downstairs that he’s sure I’ll like called Mad Kestrel by Misty Massey.

I’m not lacking for encouragement, that much is certain.

And I’m still intrigued by the Outlander series Carrie recommended to me, that I’ve heard referenced several times since in various conversations.

Bah! There are far too many interesting things to spend time on.